There is a river near the ancient capital Chang'an called "Bahe". The Bahe River was originally called Zishui. Duke Mu of Qin dominated Xirong and changed the name of Zishui to Bashui. He built a bridge on the river, so it was called "Ba Bridge". According to historical records, this is the oldest stone pier bridge in my country.
The Bahe River flows through a place 30 miles east of Chang'an, and there is a place called "Bashang". Since this place controls the only access road to the east of Chang'an City, Bashang has become an important transportation hub to defend the capital city of Chang'an. Many events in history are closely related to Bashang.
Bashang, as the transportation artery that must be passed by all parts of the Kanto region to enter Chang'an, has often become a battleground for military strategists in history. Bashang has important strategic significance due to its geographical location.
Baqiao is the only place you must pass when leaving Chang'an from the east. It borders Chan River to the west, Lishan Mountain to the east, the vast Bailu Plain to the southeast, the fertile Weihe Plain to the north, and the vicissitudes of Tongren Plain to the northeast. Ancient books say: "This place is the most strategic point of Chang'an. Anyone who enters or exits the Yi and Tong Pass from the west and east must pass through it." "壣" refers to the Yi Pass in the northwest of Shang County, Shaanxi Province, also called Qingni Pass or Lantian Pass. , a major gateway to the southeast of Chang'an; "Tong" refers to Tongguan, the intersection of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan provinces. You can only see it clearly when you get to Baqiao. After passing Baqiao, the post road from Chang'an is divided into three lines: north, east and south. The north line goes to northern Shaanxi, the east line reaches Zhengzhou, and the south line goes to Shangzhou, Nanyang and Xinyang.
Standing on Baqiao, facing Baqiao Ancient Town to the east of the bridge, you can enjoy the scenery of "Baling Snow". You can see groups of people here with their clothes fluttering and breaking willows to see each other; you can see People ride big horses or donkeys and walk across the bridge with the pride of the winner and the poetry on the donkey's back; you can see people going on envoys to the Western Regions from the Central Plains, doing meritorious deeds under the moonlight. Big dream; you can also see people walking eastward to Luoyang from here to see the prosperity of the eastern capital...
Now we start from Baqiao and walk towards the main road in the direction of Lishan. About three or four miles away from the foot of Lishan, there is a typical village in Guanzhong, which is Zhiyang Village.
Zhiyang Village, a large village with hundreds of people. Now we walk along the stone road in front of the village and walk into the village gate. A gate tower stands in front of us. The city gate is about three feet high, and a stone plaque reading "Xijing Xiongzhen" is inlaid above the door opening. The door opening is engraved with brick carvings of various patterns. The craftsmen used high-relief techniques to make the figures, vehicles, livestock, flowers and birds, etc. lifelike. It is a prosperous scene, reflecting the development of Guanzhong's economy and culture, and also showing the skill of the construction craftsmen. Superb skills.
Passing through the city gate is an old stone street. There are ancient houses on both sides of the street. The tall gatehouses and courtyard walls, the stone couplets on the door frames, and the brick-carved gantry pairs all indicate the vicissitudes of history of the ancient street.
Continue walking along the old street in the village. When you are about to reach a garden behind the village, there is a courtyard house that is common in Guanzhong area. It is a farmyard in Guanzhong. At first glance, the courtyard walls are made of stone and wood carvings. Brick carvings are used for decoration, and the most eye-catching ones are the exquisite stone carvings from the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, such as the horse-mounting stake, the horse-mounting stone, the pillar stone, and the stone Zhongweng.
The owner of this courtyard is named Wang, and the eldest is an old man over sixty years old named Wang Dexing. The ancestor of Wang Dexing was from Taiyuan. In the "Genealogy of the Wang Family in Taiyuan", the generation of the Wang family in Taiyuan Hall is: "Youzhang Ruhuan, his style is virtuous and Liaochang." Establish etiquette and uphold righteousness, and maintain integrity. Promote your family and business, and bring good luck to your family. His merits are evident and his reputation spreads far and wide. 'Wang Dexing is a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan. Just a generation before Wang Dexing, Wang's Taiyuan Hall compiled a new genealogy, and the stipulated new generation was "The scholars are flourishing, and their rationality has its roots." The talented people are bright and prosperous, and they want to be the first in the military. Descendants rely on God's gift, and etiquette and righteousness are woven into the fabric of predecessors. Pida's fragrance spreads far and wide, and his blessings last forever. Benevolence favors Jane, and unity and prosperity extend'.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, August 15th, the first year of the Heavenly Grant of Zhou Wu Zetian, the courtyard of the Wang family in Zhiyang Village, Bashang was full of joy. It turned out that the wife of Wang Mingzhe, the third young master of the Wang family, gave birth to a fat and white boy. Grandpa named the grandson. His name is Wang Changling, also known as Shaobo.
Although Wang Mingzhe's family belongs to ordinary civilians, because his ancestors lived in the culturally developed Taiyuan and were later influenced by the cultural atmosphere in Kyoto, the ancestors of the Wang family also belong to that kind of folk "scholarly family". Wang Dexing and Wang Although the Ming and Zhe generations were engaged in farming, they were also quite knowledgeable about literature, especially poetry and poetry. They not only liked it, but also had certain skills. They often enjoyed reciting poetry and poetry, and often liked to fool around with some banners and banners. , write couplets to neighbors or write some practical documents. The villagers all called them father and son Wang Xiucai.
When Xiao Changling was two or three years old, her grandfather began to teach Xiao Changling how to read and write, as well as some poems and songs. Because old man Wang Dexing particularly liked Tao Yuanming's poems, he taught his grandson Xiao Changling many of Tao Yuanming's poems, such as "Returning to the Countryside", "Replying Pang to Join the Army", "Ode to Jing Ke", "Mingzi", and "Four Miscellaneous Poems" ", "Encouraging Farmers", "Stop the Cloud" and so on.
Xiao Changling could recite many of the poems by heart. For example, in "Returning to the Countryside", "At the foot of the southern mountain where beans are planted, the grass is full of bean sprouts and there are few bean sprouts. I wake up in the morning to clean up the wasteland and filth, and return home with a hoe in the moonlight."
"The young man has no customary charm, and his nature loves hills and mountains. He fell into the dust net by mistake, and has been gone for thirteen years. Birds in the wild are nostalgic for the old forest, and fish in the pond are thinking about their old abyss. They opened up the wilderness in the south, and returned to the garden with their clumsiness. The square house has more than ten acres, and the thatched house Eighty-nine rooms. The rear eaves are shaded by elms and willows, and the peach and plum blossoms are in front of the hall. The distant village is warm, and the smoke in the ruins is lingering. Dogs bark in the deep lanes, and roosters crow on top of the mulberry trees. The courtyard is dust-free, and the empty room has plenty of leisure. I have been there for a long time. In the cage, I can return to nature. The road is narrow and the grass and trees are long, and the evening dew touches my clothes. It is not a pity to touch my clothes, but my wish is true."
"There are few people in the wild, and there are few martingale in the back alleys. During the day, the thorns are covered with thorns, and the empty room is empty of dust. When the market is restored, we walk together in the grass. There is no confusion when we meet, but the road is full of mulberry and hemp. The mulberry and hemp day is gone. It has been a long time since my land has grown vast. I am often afraid of frost and sleet coming, and the trees will be scattered like grass."
Grandpa likes to take Xiao Changling to work in the fields. Whenever grandpa is weeding crops or cultivating crops in the field, grandpa will let Xiao Changling recite poems on the edge of the field and tell Xiao Changling some historical stories. Among them, the most popular one is It’s the story about Bashang. In Xiao Changling's young mind, the story of Bashang was like a thick history textbook.
One day, grandpa suddenly thought of Wang Bo, so he asked Xiao Changling:
"Ling'er, do you know Wang Bo?"
"Is it that great poet Wang Bo?"
"Yes, how do you know Wang Bo is a great poet?"
"I was playing at Grandpa Fifth's house today, and I heard what Grandpa Five said."
"Can you recite Wang Bo's poems?"
"Prince Teng's high pavilion is near the river, and the jade-clad luan is singing and dancing; the painted buildings are flying toward the Nanpu clouds, and the bead curtains are rolling in the rain on the western mountains at dusk; the shadows in the leisure cloud pool are long, and things have changed and the stars have moved several autumns; where is the emperor's son in the pavilion now? The Yangtze River is outside the threshold. Empty flow!"
Grandpa smiled: "Is this what Grandpa Wu taught you?"
"Grandpa Wu said that Wang Bo is a great poet. His most famous poem is "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion". That poem is so long that I can't memorize it. The poem above is just the preface of that poem."
"Ling'er, "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" is an article, but what you recited just now is the preface to "Records of Prince Teng's Pavilion". This Wang Bo, he is really a rare genius in the world. Ling'er, you want to be Wang Bo Such a great poet?"
"Ling'er wants to be a great poet like Wang Bo."
"Okay, if you are ambitious, come and listen to grandpa tell the story of Wang Bo."
Old man Wang Dexing told his grandson Ling'er the story of Wang Bo. Old man Wang Dexing told Ling'er that Wang Bo and Xiao Changling's grandfathers were both brothers from the same family in Taiyuan. In terms of age, Wang Bo is more than ten years younger than Xiao Changling's grandfather. If called according to generation, Xiao Changling should be called Wang Bo as grandpa. Just because Wang Bo was killed while crossing the sea on his way to Jiaozhi when he was twenty-seven years old, a generation of outstanding poets died young.
Old man Wang Dexing also told Ling'er that Wang Bo was very smart when he was a child and could write poems and poems since he was a child. The world called him a child prodigy. In the mid-autumn of the first year of Linde's reign, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Xiangdao, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, visited the pass. Fourteen-year-old Wang Bo wrote a letter to Prime Minister Liu, the first of which was against the attack on Goryeo. After reading it, Liu Xiangdao praised Wang Bo as a "prodigy" and recommended him. Wang Bo fought against Gao Di for three years in Linde and was awarded the post of Chaosan Lang. Although Wang Bo was only fourteen years old at this time, he was still a teenager, but because of his outstanding talents, he was as famous as Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin, and King Luo Bin and was called the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty".
After listening to his grandfather's story about Wang Bo, Xiao Changling's smart eyes radiated the light of ideals. He was determined to learn from Grandpa Wang Bo and become a great poet famous all over the world.
From then on, Xiao Changling fell in love with Wang Bo's poems. Under the guidance of his grandfather, he read Wang Bo's poems without sleep or food. After a period of hard study, he memorized a copy of "The Collection of Prince An" by heart.
The song that had the greatest impact on Xiao Changling was Wang Bo's song "Sending Du Shaofu to Shuzhou":
"The city gate assists the Three Qin Dynasties, and the wind and smoke look out to the five Jin Dynasties. I want to say goodbye to you, and we are both officials and travelers. There are close friends in the sea, and we are like neighbors in the world. Inaction is on the wrong road, and our children share the same fate."
Next, there are Wang Bo's landscape poems. "Outskirts in Mid-Spring", "Exuberance in the Suburbs", "Spring Returns to the Suburbs", "Wine in the Spring Garden", "Spring Feast and Fun in the Garden", "Long Willow", "Two Poems by the River", "Spring" "Zhuang", "Spring Outing", "Spring Garden"... In Xiao Changling's view, each one is wonderful and each one has infinite charm. Xiao Changling is completely intoxicated by Wang Bo's poetry.
In Xiao Changling's opinion, the most interesting piece is the song "Lotus Picking Song". This song "Lotus Picking Song" had a huge impact on Xiao Changling's future life.
"Returning from lotus picking, I am clothed in green water and hibiscus. The autumn wind stirs the waves and the geese fly. The osmanthus falls and the orchid beams are lowered under the Changpu. The skirts and jade wrists gently sway the oars. The leafy island flower pool is extremely flat, and the river is blowing more and more. Lovesickness is painful. Lovesickness is painful. , Good times are not allowed to stay. The expedition outside the fortress has not yet returned. It is already dusk in the south of the Yangtze River to collect lotus. It is already dusk to collect lotus. The canal will be full of prostitutes. The mulberry leaves in the south of the official road are like collecting lotus on the river. The lotus is a lotus, the flowers and leaves are How to overlap. The leaves are green and the eyebrows are shy, but the flowers are as red as the cheeks. The beautiful woman is not here, and I look forward to the separation. I hold the flowers with pity on the common stems, and break the lotus roots to love the threads. The old love has no place, and the new things come from the flower. Don't borrow Xijin to make friends. Admire the explanation, but I am ashamed of Beihai Yan's late book. There are festivals in the lotus picking songs, and the night of picking lotus is not rested. It is the wind on the mighty river, and it is the moonlight of Pei Huijiang. Pei meets Lianpu at night, Wu Ji Yue's daughter He Fengrong. Let’s ask the Hanjiang River, thousands of miles away, how heavy the mountain is for the guests.”
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